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No. 608,980. Patented Aug; 9, I898.

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JOHN GOOD, OF NE? YORIQN. Y ASSIGNOR TO JULIA E. GOOD, OF SAME PLACE.

HACKLlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 608,980, dated August 9, 1898.. Application filed November 17, 1896. Renewed June 3, 189 8. Serial No. 682,504:- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LJOHN G0oD,of New York,

(Far Rockaway,) in the county of Queens and- State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Feeding Apparatus for Machinery for Preparing Fibrous Mateq rials for Spinning, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is intended for the feeding of fibrous materials, more especially those in:

which the fibers are of considerable length such, for example, as sisal and other kinds of hemp-to any machines+such, for example,

operation.

present the fibers to the pinsor devices by which they are to be prepared in a series of layers arranged one upon another,.with the ends of the fibers of eaohlayer systematically lapping the ends of the fibersof the next layer, by which method of presentation the work of spreading or drawing to which the fibers are subjected to properly distribute the ends of;

the fibers in the lay or sliver to be produced is very greatly reduced.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a feeding apparatus embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a central vertical section of the same; Fig. 3, a transverse vertical section of the same in the line 3 3 of Figs. 1 and 2.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures. A is a framing on or in which are the bearin gs for the shafts a b, which carry the wheels c d, on which run the endless chains B, which carry the transverse bars 6, which are armed with gill-pinsf. These shafts, chains,wheels, bars, and pins may be of any known or suitable construction such as is common to spreading and drawing machines and are represented of Well-known construction, the bars in the upper run of the chains forming a platform or table from which the pins f project upward. The said chains and the train of bars and pins are driven by any suitable means at .a very slow speed. I have represented for this purpose on the shaftb a spur gear .9, which is to receive motion from any suitable source of power.

which extend from points forward of the chain-wheels bbackward some distance beyond the rearof the said chains, the said ways being parallelbotli vertically and laterally with the table or platform constituted by the straight upper run off the said chains and their bars 6 and pins f. On these ways G run a carriage D, in which is mounted the axle E of a reel orlantern-wheel E, which extends across the chains 13.

above the ways and the spacing of its rungsi are such that the rungs will enter between the rows of pins in thebars of the upper run The object of the invention is to feed and of the chains B and press upon a bed of fiber imposed on the said bars and that as the carthe carriage that the reel may be capable of a sufficient rise and fall to accoin modate itself tothe'thickhess'of the bed of fibers on the bars 6.

' Behind the reel E there is mounted on the carriage D a feed-board F, the front end of So which isjust high enough to clear the points of the pins f.

The mechanism for producing the backward and-forwa rd movement of the carriage to roll the reel over the pins f may be of any suitable kind. Of the mechanism which I have represented for that purpose H is a right and left hand threaded endless screw, the shaft or core of which is fitted to turn freely, but confined lengthwise in fixed bear- 9o ings u on the frame A. This screw, which is parallel with the ways, is fitted with a switch-nut I, which by the continuous rota tion of the screw in 2 one direction is caused to run back and forth upon the rightand left 5 hand threads. As such screws and nuts are common in spinning-'ma'chinesfl have not thought it necessary to represent the nutswitch in'detail. The said nut I is connected with the carriage D by a rod J.

On the sides of the framing A are ways G, 55

The height of this reel 65 The screw I H is represented as furnished with a pulley o, through which it is to be driven by a rapidly-running belt to.

The speed at which the carriage and the feed-board and reel thereon are caused to move back and forth will be several times faster than that of the chains B and the pins The range of movement of the carriage is such as to carry the reel forward to about a position nearly over the forward end of the upper run of the chains 13, as shown in full outline in Fig. 2, and backward to a position some distance beyond the chain, as shown in dotted outline in the same figure.

This feeding apparatus is placed behind any suitable devices for combing, spreading,

or drawing the fibers-as, for example, an endless train of pin-armed barsand so placed its operation is as follows: An attendant takes in his hand a bunch of raw fiberssuch, for example, as the bunches in which the raw hemp comes in the bale to marketand while the feed-carriage D, with the feedboard F and reel E, is moving forward he with his hands places the fibers lengthwise along the board and spreads them to some extent across the same, and just as the carriage D arrives in the forward position in which it is shown in full outline in Fig. 2 he pushes the bunch forward under the rearmost rungs of the reel, which, as the return movement of the carriage takes place, turns in the direction of the arrow shown upon it in Fig. 2 and so draws the fibers from the feed-board and deposits them downward upon the table formed by the bars 6 and pins f of the upper runs of the chains B. This operation is repeated during every movement of the carriage backward, and the successive bunches of fiber are thus superposed in several layers upon and between the pinsfand upon the bars 6; but as the chains B, with the said bars and pins, are continuously moving forward at a speed much slower than that of the carriage the several layers are superposed each some distance behind the next layer below, and so the ends of the fibers of the several layers overlap or break joint with each other, as indicated at 6 7 S 9 in Fig. 2.

Thus in the very act of feeding the raw ma- 5o terial it is so placed as to effect in a very considerable degree the essential object aimed at in'all machinery for preparing fibrous materialsviz., the distribution of the ends of the fibers at numerous points in the length of the lap or sliver to be produced.

WVhat I claim as my invention is 1. The combination of a table comprising bars armed with pins, a fiber-feeding carriage, means for moving the said table in one direction, and means for moving the said carriage back and forth over said table substantially as described for the purpose of producing a downward deposit of fibers on said table.

2. The combination of a table comprising bars armed with pins, means for moving the said table in one direction, a fiber-feeding carriage, and means for moving said carriage back and forth over said table parallel with the movement of the latter at a speed greater than that of the movement of the table for depositing the fibers in lapping layers one layer upon another on said table, substantially as herein set forth.

3. The combination of a table comprising bars armed with pins and means for moving the said table in one direction, a carriage and means for moving the same back and forth over said table parallel with the movement of the latter, and a feed-board and a reel on said carriage, substantially as herein described.

4. The combination of a table comprising bars armed with pins and means for moving the said table in one direction, a fiber-feeding carriage and means for moving the same back and forth over said table parallel therewith, stationary ways for the support and guidance of said carriage, a right and left hand threaded endless screw arranged parallel with said ways and means for producing the rotation of said screw, a switch-nut on said screw, and a connection between said nut and said carriage, substantially as herein described.

JOHN GOOD.

Witnesses:

FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY, Jr. 

